Darren Shimkus

Founder & CEO at Modal

Darren is the Founder and CEO of Modal which helps Data teams improve their effectiveness with cohort-based learning and coaching. Prior to starting Modal Darren built Udemy’s enterprise learning business and scaled it globally. A lifelong learner himself Darren started his career in learning at the Corporate Executive Board where he was an executive trainer and eventually ran European operations. Darren lives outside of San Francisco with his wife, two daughters, and two very loud dogs who are always faster than my ability to mute on Zoom.

WATCH LIVE: Sept 21 @ 2:50PM – 3:10PM ET

Create Flexibility on Your Teams by Building ‘T-shaped’ Skill Sets

Data organizations are increasingly asked to do more with less–oftentimes because we just can’t hire fast enough! In this talk Modal will discuss how you can help your Analytics or Data Science team become far more well-rounded so they can use a much broader range of data skills in their day-to-day jobs. This will allow you to build a much more agile and flexible team and ultimately allow you to staff more initiatives with the same size team.